Grade 7 Science Unit 3: Mixtures and Solutions
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Unit 3: Mixtures and Solutions
Chapter 9: Many useful products depend on
technology for separating mixtures and
solutions.
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Separating Mixtures
Mixtures Method of Separation Explanation
1. Salt Water
2. Muddy Water
3. Nuts and Bolts
4. Iron filings and sand
5.Vegetable oil and sand
6. Vegetable oil and water
7. Salt and pepper
Are the components you have separated still mixtures or are they pure? Explain your answer.
Separation Techniques
1. Mechanical Sorting
Used to separate the parts of a mixture based on such as particle size.
Examples: and
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2. Filtration
A common way to separate particles from a mixture.
Filters can have holes of varying sizes… to
Examples:
3. Evaporation
Changes of state from a to a
Used to recover a solid from a
4. Distillation
Uses two changes of state: and
It allows you to recover BOTH the and the from a
solution.
5. Paper Chromatography
Used to separate the substances in a mixture such as
Used to separate the in a mixture.
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Separation Techniques in the Home (With a partner list as many methods of separation that
you use.)
Distillation
Label the diagram below of a distillation apparatus and explain what is happening.
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Two types of Distillation
Simple Distillation
Fractional Distillation